So, in the country formerly known as Great Britain guns have been virtually outlawed since 1997. Abuses follow:
Britain bans the free press
Cops in Britain force their way into private hoes to enforce debts
Govt employee Doctors in Britain on house calls inspect homes for compliance with safety and health laws
British right to jury trial is gone
Ignoring the fact of increasing crime, we should note that the people there are now defenseless against any thing or act the Government decides to do. I have talked about this in the past, and had several British citizens argue that I am wrong.
Let's see what they say about this:
The UK's tax collection agency is putting forth a proposal that all employers send employee paychecks to the government, after which the government would deduct what it deems as the appropriate tax and pay the employees by bank transfer.Once you cannot defend yourself from theft, you leave yourself at the thief's mercy. It doesn't matter if that thief is the man robbing you at the ATM, your neighbors robbing you at the polling booth, or a cop with a badge robbing you with regulations. Theft is theft. This is why we have a Second Amendment.
That of course is why the first thing would be totalitarian governments do is disarm their populace. The British were successful against rebellious populations just about everywhere because they made sure the "natives" didn't have arms.
ReplyDeleteIt didn't work in America because the "natives" were English subjects and brought their own arms.
In April 1775, the British marched on Lexington and Concord in order to seize the arms and ammunition of the Colonial militia.
The defeat of the British over two days set a precedent that Americans should cherish to this day. The people who would take our firearms have a lot in common with those long dead British rulers as well as current despots around the world.
Once they seize our means of defense, they can have our money, our property, our children, or anything else they decide they need.